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Jonah Peretti / BuzzFeed:
In a company memo, BuzzFeed CEO says Google and Facebook pay creators too little, says the media is in crisis, and expects more diversified revenue ahead — BuzzFeed delivered another record year in 2017, continuing to grow our revenue and total audience. But it wasn't easy. — The media is in crisis.
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Salma Hayek / New York Times:
Salma Hayek details Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment, threats, rages, and business and creative coercion as she worked to produce movie about Frida Kahlo — HARVEY WEINSTEIN WAS a passionate cinephile, a risk taker, a patron of talent in film, a loving father and a monster. — For years, he was my monster.
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Adi Robertson / The Verge:
Patreon CEO Jack Conte says the company will “press pause” on planned change to service fee for each pledge, set to start Dec. 18, after uproar from creators — Patreon has called off plans to add a service fee to patrons' pledges, a proposed update that angered many users.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
While efforts to disparage legitimate reporting continue, Moore's failure to get elected by relying on cries of “fake news” is an encouraging moment — Roy Moore's spokeswoman had a nasty name for reporters covering the Alabama Senate race: “The lynch-mob media.”
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Anthony Noto / New York Business Journal:
Sophia Amoruso's Girlboss raises $2M, led by Lightspeed to close a $3.1M seed round, to grow website, podcast, rallies; Lightspeed's Nicole Quinn to join board — New York-area startups and venture capitalists are making funding deals with the hopes of creating the next profitable company.
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Wall Street Journal, Lightspeed Venture Partners, TechCrunch and WWD
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Sources: Facebook plans to end program that paid ~300 publishers and other content creators to produce videos for News Feed — Multiple publisher sources said Facebook no longer plans to pay publishers and other video makers to produce videos for the news feed.
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The Wrap, @jayrosen_nyu, @brokenbottleboy and @levinejonathan, more at Techmeme », Thanks:@beet_tv
Reuters:
Two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, were arrested on Tuesday night in Myanmar's main city, Yangon — YANGON (Reuters) - Two Reuters journalists were arrested on Tuesday evening in Myanmar's main city, Yangon, a government spokesman said. — “Yes it is correct that they were arrested,” spokesman Zaw Htay said.
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Committee to Protect …, New York Times, @sashachavkin, Al Jazeera English and @journotopia
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Twitch and NBA agree to stream up to six minor league games per week, starting December 15, with interactive overlays for viewers — The “G League” comes to Amazon's live-gaming platform, with interactive features — A few months ago, NBA boss Adam Silver said that pro basketball broadcasts …
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Fast Company, Ad Age, CNET, VideoInk, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Variety and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
Mike Allen / Axios:
In apparent deception, a document mimicking lawsuit against Sen. Schumer was shared with multiple news orgs; Schumer office calls doc a forgery, alerted police — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he was the victim of a fake news hit on Tuesday, and has turned over to Capitol Police …
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Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Twitter says Russia-linked accounts spent just $1,031.99 on six Brexit-related ads during regulated campaign period before UK referendum from April to June 2016 — Twitter has disclosed that Russian-backed accounts spent $1,031.99 to buy six Brexit-related ads on its platform during last year's European Union referendum vote.
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UK Parliament and Fortune, more at Techmeme »
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Ludovic Blecher / The Keyword:
Google's Digital News Initiative announces €20.4M in funding for 102 projects in 26 European countries — In October 2015, as part of our Digital News Initiative (DNI)—a partnership between Google and news publishers in Europe to support high-quality journalism through technology and innovation …
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Journalism.co.uk, @filip_struharik, @kvasinka, @milanzubicek, @lblecher, @chimiel, allmediascotland and @esamakinen
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Redbox launches Redbox On Demand with 6,000+ movies and TV shows to rent or buy, without Disney titles, starting at $3.99 for 48-hour VOD rentals — Redbox is finally opening a bridge to a digital-entertainment future. — The company, known for its nationwide network of DVD-rental kiosks …
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Home Media Magazine, Fast Company and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
NWU:
In an open letter, 19 freelance journalists say they're owed $50K from science magazine Nautilus, with some writers awaiting payment for over a year — Dear Readers, Funders and Board Members of Nautilus Magazine, — As of December 13, we are writers and editors awaiting payment …
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